. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . gun cut Connedictti VotimteerL our condition was fair, but we never saw the day when wechafed with anxiety for a fight, at least, after m e knew whata battle meant, both to winner and loser. \\q read of cap-tures which had never been made, and of victories that wereknown only to the special correspondent, and grew out ofhis fertile and mendacious brain. It was true of these war-riors of the quill that one could chase a thousand and two putten thousand to flight, and to us at the front wh
. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . gun cut Connedictti VotimteerL our condition was fair, but we never saw the day when wechafed with anxiety for a fight, at least, after m e knew whata battle meant, both to winner and loser. \\q read of cap-tures which had never been made, and of victories that wereknown only to the special correspondent, and grew out ofhis fertile and mendacious brain. It was true of these war-riors of the quill that one could chase a thousand and two putten thousand to flight, and to us at the front who knew thetruth, much of the newspaper was like the reading of DonQuixotes miglity adventures, or tlie entertainments of the Arabian Nights and the Talcs of Munchausen. But the day at last came when we received our baptismof blood and were made familiar with all the terrible detailsof the field of battle. A new estimate of each officer andman was then introduced. How did he behaxe under fire ? was the question asked and answered. Man> a showy and .\V;-?■-if . - - ■J:.>i-1 :. mi i-rv-fe ,.. f-. ■:r^.-18 ■-F^:^:: 1: Wf\t^?i\?r^\^}, iM^t^&^ii i>utIlL- uf FtnOg X-xA^ h;<« ; ! 1, The Precious Memories of the Veteran. 381 pretentious soldier sank in esteem under this test, and thesterhng worth of many a modest and unappreciated hero wasrecognized. Those who did not fliiich in battle were notforgotten, and it was remarkable in regard to officers thattheir men would tolerate in them every other vice savecowardice. If a Colonel or a Captain was cruel or dissolute,his men would forgive him all in a campaign, if he had Jiighcourage and led them dauntlessly on. Whereas, an officermight be genial and easy, take good care of his men, andspend much money in their comfort, but all despised him,even for the faintest suspicion of cowardice. Perhaps of all the pages in our military record, that writtenin most indelible colors, describes the story of our first b
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